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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
1
Reports from Amsterdam indicate Russia and Germany signed a 48 hour armistice at Prince Leopold’s headquarters to discuss peace. Russian and German negotiations could lead to separate peace talks, with governments awaiting developments and major newspapers refraining from editorial comment.
Petrograd dispatch says Ensign Krylenko reports that the general Russian staff under Kerensky has surrendered. The forces commanded by staff officers, after Kerensky’s disappearance, refuse to recognize the Bolshevik government.
Petrograd reports Mohilov seized by Bolsheviki forces. General Dukhomin of Kerensky forces killed after being thrown from a train amid lynch law. Berlin announces Russian delegation arrives led by Prince Leopold of Bavaria to seek a general armistice.
Amsterdam December 4 Bulgaria will begin negotiations with Russia as part of allied plans toward a peace treaty with the Russian government.
City of Seattle arrives from the south this afternoon at four with seven days of mail. Princess Sophia follows from the south at 8 50 tonight with little mail. Alameda set to arrive tomorrow night with little mail. Alaska slated to sail from Seattle next Saturday. Admiral Evans heads south tomorrow night or Thursday morning. City of Seattle also southbound tomorrow night and Princess Sophia Thursday morning. All southbound boats carry mail.
The Atlantic Port report describes a German submarine crew surrender to American forces in France. The sailors claim they mutinied after two months of service and were kept three months, killing officers before hoisting a white flag and surrendering to an American warship.
Seward Alaska reports that several hundred thousand dollars in gold dust is expected to travel the Iditarod trail this week by dog team. The shipment underline the scale of the gold rush era and the rugged transport route between Seward and inland mining sites.
Washington December 4 Representative George Tk Lunn of New York introduced a bill in Congress to provide free postage for soldiers sailors and marines while on active duty.
Western silver producers met with Mint Director Raymond T. Baker and Albert Straus of the Foreign Exchange Expert of War Trades to fix the price of silver. They were told the price would be sufficient to provide for current wage increases and to guard against loss.
John F. Carroll, longtime publisher of the Portland Telegram, died yesterday in Portland Oregon. He earlier worked for the Portland Journal and led the Telegram after it was first owned by the Oregonian Publishing Company before its purchase years ago.
The case of Count James Minotto, son in law of Louis Swift, Chicago packer, suspected alien enemy, has been ordered reopened by the Bureau of Immigration and referred back to Chicago for more testimony. The action follows evidence presented by other government departments.
New York December 4 The Peks Kill Hat Manufacturing Company H DPD Pamalee Company William Thom and others indicted for conspiring to defraud the government on over a million army service hat contracts. Two quarters inspectors and a deputy are named as co conspirators.
War office figures show that the British captured during November 26,809 prisoners and 2221 guns. Of those on the western front were captured 11,541 men and 28 guns, in East Africa 4,403 men and in Palestine 10,454 men and 80 guns.
Gen Thomas L Hartigan of the Philippine National Guard says the islands are ready to dispatch two or more divisions to France to aid democracy. He is in San Francisco to brief the War Department on military conditions in the Philippines.
With only 21 days until Christmas, early shopping urgency rises. Readers are urged to scan The Empire's ads for desired items and helpful suggestions in tonight's news.
British report that German forces, heavily sacrificed in men, renewed attacks before Cambrai along a short front between Marcoing and Gonnelieu. German reserves pressed the line after two days of intense fighting, with enemy gains and heavy losses noted in reports.
Reuters reports that the territory gained by the Germans last Friday in their massed movement against the British was so trifling as to scarcely appear on the map. The agency notes the British fought against odds about three to one.
In remarks before the Danish Parliament, officials asserted that Denmark’s Kiel canal improvements have helped deter a German invasion by strengthening national defenses and logistics. The claim emphasizes strategic impact of the canal work on national security.
Washington on December 4 the baking committee of the War Emergency Council urged bakers to reduce bread prices immediately where possible. Bakers will operate under federal license starting Monday and then apply a standardized loaf formula required by the Food Administration.
An army aeroplane from Fort Sill hunted the escaped war balloon. It was sighted drifting near the Oklahoma line and later landed near its point of origin in Kansas on December 4.
Seth Shepard chief justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia died in a Washington hospital after an operation for bladder trouble. Born in Wasco Texas in 1847 he was appointed associate justice in 1893 and became chief justice in 1905. associate justices were Charles S S Robb and Josiah A Van Oredel.
Amsterdam Dec 4 Gen von Ludendorff, the aide to Hindenburg, is reported to have predicted the war will not end in a draw but will end in favor of the Central Powers.
President Wilson addressed Congress urging an immediate declaration of war against Austria-Hungary to support the fight against German autocracy. He framed the struggle as essential to defeat German militarism, rejected peace talks, and emphasized unity, justice for all nations, and the need to repair Belgium’s wrongs while limiting German influence over Austria and Turkey.
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